Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

622: Six Opinions Wrapped in Code with Kelli Lucas

Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Show Notes

Will is back in the host seat this week to chat to the one and only Kelli Lucas, Co-Founder & Chief Design Officer at LunarLab.

In this episode, Will and Kelli discuss, amongst many things; the push and pull relationship between designers and developers, alignment in the workplace, the love/hate relationship with Figma, how AI has affected the process of design projects, and why you shouldn’t rely on AI to build your business plan.

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Our guest for this episode has been Kelli Lucas. If you'd like to get in touch with Kelli, or chat about working together on your next UX/UI Design project, you can visit the Lunar Lab website. or connect with them via LinkedIn.

Your host for this episode has been Will Larry, you can find and connect with Will over on LinkedIn.

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